Jazz News

Eva Cassidy: The Voice and the Silence

Source: Michael Ricci
September 18, 2009

I'm used to reading lists of the favorite musicians of young people and not knowing but - maybe - one out of every ten. As opposed to when I was twenty and could name every band in the free world, their members, their albums, who produced their albums, and what session musicians they used, now I know about ten current bands. Well, I'm fifty-seven. I'm not supposed to know this stuff. So, I've adopted a fine Irish smile and a ...

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First Ooh la L.A! Festival in Hollywood Features French Pop Music

Source: Michael Ricci
September 17, 2009

French singer/songwriter Sebastien Tellier, who will perform at the first “Ohh La La" music festival. The lineup will include Emilie Simon, Nouvelle Vague.

“There was a terrible rumor throughout Europe that started back in the 1960s," explained David Martinon, the consul general of France in Los Angeles, during a Champagne reception in a posh Beverly Hills backyard. “While we were looked at as a country that excelled in art, literature, fashion and movies, it was also believed that France didn't ...

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Dom Minasi Online Guitar Lessons

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
September 17, 2009

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Stephanie Jordan Performs for Suno 50th Year Celebration at Bash IV

Source: Sylvain Music Notes
September 17, 2009

Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of its opening at BASH IV on Friday, September 18, 2009 at the Hilton Riverside from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom. This year's BASH will feature performances by jazz vocalist Stephanie Jordan, and the soulful group BRW. Stephanie Jordans vocal style has been described as having impeccable diction, dead-center pitch, and a personal point of view . . . while drawing independent conclusions about tempo, ...

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Songs of Hoagy Carmichael, W.C. Handy, Harry Revel/Noble Sissle at 10/13 "Where We Come From"

Source: Reva Cooper
September 17, 2009

Kaufman Center and New York Festival of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org) will present Where We Come From on Tuesday October 13, 8 PM at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center. This concert, which opens NYFOS’s 22nd season, celebrates the festival’s newly formed Artist Council with a musical journey that explores the backgrounds, the birthplaces, and the artistic homes of the cast, a team of highly acclaimed singers, ranging from Russia to Canada, and covering a wide swath of the United States. ...

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Keyboardist Jason Yates Hand-Picked to Tour U.S. in Citizen Cope’S Band

Source: 1888 Media
September 17, 2009

Los Angeles CA…The go-to keyboard / Hammond B3 organ player for Ben Harper, Natalie Merchant (Tigerlily), Macy Gray, Michael Franti and G. Love has once again been handpicked to round out Citizen Cope’s touring band which is gearing up to traverse the U.S. through the end of 2009. The next leg of dates are:

Sep 17 2009 9:00P Mystic Theatre Petaluma, California Sep 18 2009 9:00P The Fillmore San Francisco, California Sep 19 2009 ...

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Announcing the Winners of the "(Another) Nuttree Quartet - Something Sentimental" Contest

Source: Michael Ricci
September 17, 2009

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Jazz Vocalist Sylvia Brooks to Bring the Glamour Back with Debut CD Release "Dangerous Liaisons"

Source: Michael Ricci
September 17, 2009

"If you’ve never heard her perform, you’re missing one of the Southland’s great talents" --Gorgeous Magazine LOS ANGELES, CA. Singer and actor Sylvia Brooks is set to thrill listeners with the release of Dangerous Liaisons, her debut full-length CD featuring a collection of songs that stretches from the palm-lined causeway connecting Miami to Palm Island and its famed Latin Quarter, to New York City’s Harlem and the legendary Cotton Club. The roadmap of Sylvia’s musical tastes began to come almost ...

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